Supervisor

This is a Full Time Job

Real-Time Supervisor

Who are we hiring?

The Realtime Supervisor leads the technology efforts of the Real-Time Software team in performing due diligence, prototyping, and developing visualization, tools for live events for our venues. This position will need to understand, document, and communicate the complexities of the integration of RTS tools into live venue entertainment and must set leadership for technical excellence and delivery in the RTS team. Managing teams across multiple projects from conception through execution, this position requires the ability to work across various production ready technologies and workflows including real-time graphics, Unreal Engine Blueprinting and code QC, executable development and optimization, tool & plugin creation with off-the-shelf hardware as well as unique hardware, and pipeline integration. This position will work with a technical project manager for continued development of show based projects out of Vegas and Burbank Spheres that require real-time support.

What will you do?

o Lead and manage a team of engineers, local and remote. Management consists of peering to set goals, ensuring time and resources are properly allocated, mentoring, and establishing working methodologies.
o Plan technical solutions across many tools to ensure we have a scalable technology platform on which artists can plan, conceptualize, and visualize content for our venues.
o Coordinate with other Software Engineering management and project management roles to estimate, break down, plan, and report on work of team for sprints to ensure that high quality projects can be deployed successfully and with failover systems in place.
o Collaborate closely with other departments to implement appropriate solutions for their needs and create integrations of our custom tools into their pipelines.
o Research, identify integrations, and communicate technical approaches for our RTS group to utilize technology from various partners and vendors to accelerate our development where possible.
o Work closely with other Sphere teams to integrate and test our tools on various hardware configurations.
o Write technical documentation and clearly communicate complex solutions and challenges, even to non-technical staff.
o Stay current on relevant technology and conduct necessary research, due diligence, prototyping, and testing to assess emerging technology options.

What do you need to succeed?

o 10 years professional real-time engineering in 360° content, VR, AR, LBEs, games, or related field experience required.
o Experience with large format and unique display planes
o Location Based Event (LBE) and In Camera VFX (ICVFX) experience
o Excellent communication and team interaction skills is required.
o Extensive domain knowledge and experience managing a group of artists and engineers in creating live venue and event tools in production pipelines for content creation is required

PREFERENCES:

o Experience with implementing C++/Unreal Engine
o Experience with various video codecs and streaming protocols is highly preferred.
o Experience with venue tools and interfaces like Ableton, Grandma, OSC, MIDI, DMX, ST2110, NDI, and others, preferred.

SUPERVISION:

o Manages a team of 4 – 12 Software Engineers of varying levels

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE JOB:
o Occasional travel from Burbank Sphere to Las Vegas Sphere